Orgovyx as lifelong treatment

Posted by mikejf @mikejf, 2 days ago

Does anyone who has Advanced Prostate Cancer been prescribed Orgovyx as lifelong treatment as I have?

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@myash

Hi, yeah, I got lucky and got a $2,000 grant which will also go towards the cap so I’m good the rest of the year. Thanks

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I ordered Darolutamide last night and they charged me $2,000 but everything is free for the rest of the year.

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Yeah, me too. I was glad to get the grant and that it went towards the max.

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Because it's not in the Ontario Drug Formulary yet, the manufacturer is running a patient-access programme here in Ontario, which covers the full cost if your oncologist enrolls you (mine had a bunch of enrollment cards, and just handed me one). Once Orgovyx is in the formulary, both the government programmes and private insurance will pay for it.

It costs almost exactly the same as Firmagon here (about US $220/month), so there's no reason for the government and insurers not to cover it.

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@northoftheborder

Because it's not in the Ontario Drug Formulary yet, the manufacturer is running a patient-access programme here in Ontario, which covers the full cost if your oncologist enrolls you (mine had a bunch of enrollment cards, and just handed me one). Once Orgovyx is in the formulary, both the government programmes and private insurance will pay for it.

It costs almost exactly the same as Firmagon here (about US $220/month), so there's no reason for the government and insurers not to cover it.

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That won’t be too bad. With my insurance is $1055 a month. Way too high I feel.

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